Riding a two wheeler

Help I try to get Ryan to learn how to ride his bike with no training wheels. I ran behind him but he would just put his feet down when I let go. He would not peel. So I was exhustated and he was all bruised up from falling.

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I am so sorry! When Kyle learned it was a huge stressful event! He is very cautious! The biggest thing that helped with us was taking him around other kids that were doing it! He and our neighbor boy are the same age and we took both the boys to the park on a beautiful day and watched some older boys do it and talked about how fast they could go, or how much easier it was to go up and down the curbs, etc. We also would take walks and watch the neighborhood kids riding. Once they decided to take the plunge, it went very fast! Down hills was the last thing he mastered and we didn't try them until he was riding without the trainers for about a month! Also, we went to a park with a very flat walking/riding trail so it wasn't bumpy.GOod luck! Another girl in his class from our neighborhood is totally scared to do it now also. Even though she really wants to keep up with them she won't try!

Rachel hasn't learned to ride her bike without training wheels. We'll probably work on that this summer. As with everything else with her, I try not to stress about it and figure she will get there when she gets there.

Sierra won't even try anymore. I think she plans on riding the tricycle or plasma car for ever. My DH made the mistake of taking off the training wheels waaayyyyy too early and she had some bad experiences on the bike. So now it just sits in the garage getting dusty. Hopefully, we can get her back on it now that the weather is starting to get nice.

Victoria hasn't learned to ride her bike without the training wheels either. She just sort of sits on the seat and walks it around. Once the snow goes maybe we will have some luck getting her to try it again.

Last summer my DH taught my son to ride in one day. He took him to the park that had a grassy hill and had him ride/coast down the hill. It really helped with the balance and when he fell it was on grass, not concrete. By the end of the summer DS was speeding around the neighborhood with one hand.

Trying on grass can help. But if he struggles with the peddling, then grass can suck for the extra effort they need to put forth in doing. As well sometimes they just need a good push to get going. Either way, I am sure he'll pick it up when he's ready.

Hannah enjoys riding her bike, no more training wheels for her, and she actually just wanted to do it, and was determined on her own to try and get the hang of it. Took a couple days, but she got the hang of it. Matthew still uses training wheels on his bike, and Joshua just scoots around on his Plasma car.

Take care.

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Kelly

Wife of 10 years to my sweetheart husband, and proud mother to our 4 beautiful and amazing children.

When I tried getting DD to ride w/o training wheels she tried it for about 5 seconds then basically told me I was crazy and to put them back on. I have a feeling once she see's her friends riding without them she'll change her mind, but I'm leavin g it up to her now.Good luck!!

Kyler wants a go cart and Grandpa said he would get him one ( would be used with grandpa for the time being, he is just a big kid). However we told Kyler that he first had to master ride without training wheels then we would move on, that should give him some good incentive to learn.

Try fixing the stabilisers (training wheels) wonky (lower on one side than the other) making the bike stand at a leaning angle. This makes the child work at balancing the bike by themselves to get it upright when moving. And then they've done it without realising - and no risk of tipping off and landing on the floor. :)

I taught my dd last summer. We were having a hard time getting her to balance on the bike so we bought her a big girl scooter (2 wheels not 3) and let her start balancing on that for about a week and once she got that she was much better on the bike